Posts By Barry Camson

Getting To Seamless

In my last post, I set out a comment from a speaker at a recent event held at NASA. The quote was: “The future of Open Government is allowing seamless conversations to occur between thousands of government employees and thousands of others.” I think this is what we are now calling a network. In thisRead… Read more »

Open Government IS Cultural Change

I recently delivered a training program for the U.S. Intelligence Community on how to effectively transfer knowledge. This program was delivered during the period of time when the Intelligence Community was migrating from the Cold War mentality of “need to know” to the 21st century mentality of “need to share.” Government as a whole isRead… Read more »

Implementing And Operating An Open Government Organization

The President’s December 8, 2009 Memorandum on Open Government requires a new approach for many federal government organizations. It will impact the people, processes and technology of government offices. It will impact the work habits and behaviors of government employees. For Open Government plans to be successfully implemented, cultural issues will also need to beRead… Read more »